"Fit, Not Fat:" making the US military's standards high again

[Marauder06]

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from the article:

On his own X account, Hegseth wrote: "Our troops will be fit — not fat. Our troops will look sharp — not sloppy. We seek only quality — not quotas. BOTTOM LINE: Our Department of Defense will make standards HIGH & GREAT again — across the entire force."

I mean, I'm all for that, but with the rest of America so fat or criminal or sad or whatever, how are we going to maintain the force we need?

 

[Topkick]

MSN

from the article:

On his own X account, Hegseth wrote: "Our troops will be fit — not fat. Our troops will look sharp — not sloppy. We seek only quality — not quotas. BOTTOM LINE: Our Department of Defense will make standards HIGH & GREAT again — across the entire force."

I mean, I'm all for that, but with the rest of America so fat or criminal or sad or whatever, how are we going to maintain the force we need?

Dewey Oxburger joined because he heard the Army had a great weightloss program, just saying..

 

[Cookie_]

MSN

from the article:

On his own X account, Hegseth wrote: "Our troops will be fit — not fat. Our troops will look sharp — not sloppy. We seek only quality — not quotas. BOTTOM LINE: Our Department of Defense will make standards HIGH & GREAT again — across the entire force."

I mean, I'm all for that, but with the rest of America so fat or criminal or sad or whatever, how are we going to maintain the force we need?

The memo I saw directed a review back to 2015. That's around when women in combat arms and religious beard waivers (he specifically mentioned beards in the memo) became a thing. I imagine both of those will be on the chopping block. Interested in how that'll work for the women already in those roles?

Otherwise, I'll get ready for the 5th(6th? 7th) version of the ACFT. Hopefully we keep it; it's a much better test than the APFT.

 

[Topkick]

Otherwise, I'll get ready for the 5th(6th? 7th) version of the ACFT. Hopefully we keep it; it's a much better test than the APFT.

Just hope the uniform doesn't change again. I LOVE the pinks and greens. Wish I had them in my time.

 

[SOSTCRNA]

The memo I saw directed a review back to 2015. That's around when women in combat arms and religious beard waivers (he specifically mentioned beards in the memo) became a thing. I imagine both of those will be on the chopping block. Interested in how that'll work for the women already in those roles?

Otherwise, I'll get ready for the 5th(6th? 7th) version of the ACFT. Hopefully we keep it; it's a much better test than the APFT.

How long does it take your unit to get through the ACFT. Looks like a good test but time consuming